Sustainability
Sustainability at AQUAVET is not a separate programme. It is the reason the technical work — welfare assessment, water quality monitoring, resource efficiency, training — is designed the way it is.
Our position
Water that is managed well produces more fish. Fish that are handled well convert feed more efficiently. Farmers who can measure their own ponds need fewer emergency interventions. The environmental outcome and the commercial outcome move in the same direction.
That is the logic behind every project on this site — from the ecological assessment of Lake El-Burullus to the farmer-led FAI Water Quality Study.
Promoting sustainable aquaculture practices to enhance the industry’s long-term viability.AQUAVET sustainability commitment
Five commitments
Welfare assessment across the full production cycle, baseline welfare data for Egyptian tilapia systems, and standard tools farms can apply themselves.
Water quality management that keeps ponds inside a safe operating range, and feed additives that convert more of the ration into growth rather than waste.
Evaluation of agricultural runoff impacts on aquatic life, biodiversity assessment, and science-based recommendations for sustainable lake management and conservation.
Emergency oxygen support, anti-stress nutrition and early-warning behavioural indicators — so farms absorb heat events and oxygen crashes rather than lose stock to them.
Training designed to reduce dependency. Farmers equipped to measure dissolved oxygen, pH, ammonia and temperature, interpret the result, and act without waiting for an advisor.
The “Hand in Hand” initiative brings private companies, governmental bodies and non-profit organisations together around the sustainable development of the field.
Renewable energy in aquaculture
Solar-powered aeration and pumping are increasingly part of how Egyptian farms manage energy cost and resilience. This section is reserved for AQUAVET’s work in that area.
Evidence
A farmer-led approach to water quality monitoring, testing whether putting measurement directly in farmers' hands changes how farms are managed.
A full-production-cycle assessment of fish welfare, and the standard tools to measure it.
A comprehensive ecological assessment of one of Egypt’s most important coastal lakes.
Get in touch
We can assess where your farm currently sits, and where the fastest improvements are — on welfare, on water, and on feed conversion.
